Betaine a novel candidate for rapid induction of somatic embryogenesis in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze)

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-246

  Akula, A ^a   Akula, C ^a,b   Bateson, M ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABA; Glycine betaine; Osmoprotectant; Osmotic stress; Plant tissue culture; Propagation; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0034013911     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006323213621     Document Type: Article

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